Garment hanger



Sept. 6, 1949. I w. MATTAUSCH 2,481,432

GARMENT HANGER Filed June 1, 1946 4 INVENTOR M///am Z Mai/110606 Patented Sept. 6, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE 2,481,432 GARMENT HANGER William T. Mattausch, Rosalia, Wash.

Application June 1, 1946, Serial No. 673,796

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a garment hanger and it is one object of the invention to provide a galment hanger of such construction that a jacket and skirt or a coat and vest and two pairs of trousers may be suspended upon the hanger.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment hanger having a spreader bar carried by arms of a wire coat hanger, the spreader bar being of such width that it projects forwardly and rearwardly from the coat hanger and has its front and rear portions formed with longitudinally extending jaws for gripping skirts or trousers and suspending the same from the spreader bar.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment hanger wherein the spreader bar may be formed from a wooden bar slotted from one end to form the front and rear jaws or formed from tubes secured together at one end of the spreader bar but spaced from each other for the remainder of its length in order to permit trousers to be slid into place between the center tube and the side tubes and firmly gripped.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment hanger which is simple in construction and quite strong.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanyin drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the improved garment hanger.

Fig. 2 is a view taken along the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is a top view of a garment hanger of modified construction.

Fig. 4 is a sectional View taken along the line 6-4 of Figure 5.

Fig. 5 is a view taken along the line 5-5 of Figure 3.

This improved garment hanger includes in its construction a coat hanger l formed from a wire strand which has its intermediate portion bent to form a hook 2 having a twisted shank 3 and arms 4 projecting in opposite directions from the shank. End portions of the arms are bent downwardly and inwardly, as shown at 5, to form fingers 6 which project towards each other and have their free end portions bent to form upstanding pins I.

Between the arms of the coat hanger extends a stretcher bar 8 which may be formed of wood, or other suitable material, and is formed with slots 9 leading from one end and dividing the stretcher bar into a center portion In and side portions I I. The side portions l I constitute jaws for gripping skirt bands or legs of trousers slid into the slots 9 between the jaws and the intermediate portion IU of the stretcher bar, and suspendin the same from the stretcher bar.

Since inner surfaces of free ends of the jaws and opposite side faces of the free end of the intermediate portion of the stretcher bar are bevelled the skirt or trousers may be easily slid into place between the jaws and the portion It. A pin I 2 is passed through the stretcher bar transversely thereof intermediate inner ends of the slots 9 and the adjacent end of the stretcher bar and prevents splitting of the stretcher bar. The fingers 6 of the arms 4 extend along the under face of the stretcher bar and the pins 1 are passed upwardly through openings I3 formed vertically through the stretcher bar near the ends of its intermediate portion l0 and upper ends of the fingers are bent downwardly, as shown at 1' to engage the upper face of the stretcher bar and firmly hold the fingers in engagement with the stretcher bar. The fact that the fingers are located midway the width of the stretcher bar disposes the slots 9 at opposite sides of the coat hanger and the trousers or skirt may be easily slid into the slots without interference by the coat hanger.

In Figures 3, 4, and 5 there has been shown a garment hanger of modified construction wherein the stretcher bar consists of tubular side bars l4 and a tubular intermediate bar 15. The tubes or bars are spaced from each other for the major portion of the length of the stretcher bar to form slots 16 corresponding to the slots 9 and at one end of the stretcher bar the tubes [4 are bent to provide inwardly offset portions which are secured against opposite sides of the tube l5 by rivets H. The inwardly bent end portions iii of the arms I9 of the wire coat hanger 20 engage in end portions of the intermediate tube l5 and the side tubes [4 will thus be disposed at opposite sides of the coat hanger and skirts or trousers may be conveniently suspended from the stretcher bar.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

A garment holder comprising a hanger formed of wire bent to form a hook and arms extending in opposite directions from the lower end thereof, said arms extending at a downward incline from the hook and having end portions bent inwardly to form fingers extending toward each other, and a rigid stretcher bar extending between the arms and consisting of an intermediate tube having open ends into which the fingers fit to support the stretcher bar and side tubes disposed at opposite sides of the intermediate tube and spaced transversely therefrom for the major portion of the length of the intermediate tube and'constituting jaws for gripping garments slid into place between the tubes, said side tubes each having an end portion inwardly ofiset and disposed in face to face engagement with opposite side faces of one end portion of the intermediate tube, and rivets passing through the intermediate tube and the ofiset end portions of the side tubes and firmly securing other! I WILLIAM T. MATTAUSCI-I.

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